BRAGGS, Oklahoma — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said two people were killed in a collision involving an ambulance and another vehicle near Braggs Tuesday afternoon.Troopers said a 1992 Chevy Corsica driving south on State Highway 10 crossed the center line and hit the ambulance head on.Rebecca Smith, with Muskogee County EMS, said the ambulance was en route to...Read More
Wayne Almy said he was in the inside eastbound lane of Tennessee Street when the fire truck came through the intersection. He also saw the motorcyclist coming down White Drive. He wasn’t sure what the traffic signal looked like when the crash happened, but did say there were several vehicles in the intersection that stopped...Read More
Bridgeport fire officials’ failure on nearly every level led to the deaths of two firefighters battling a West Side blaze last July, a federal report has concluded. Among the findings of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report released Wednesday: The deputy fire chief and his assistant at the scene of the Elmwood...Read More
While dispatching a large grass fire in Johnson County Texas, I had 3 brush trucks, 2 tankers and 1 engine responding. In a very rural and mostly volunteer county, an assistant fire chief calls into my dispatch center stating one of his water tankers had rolled over and he had a firefighter trapped inside. I...Read More
Story by www.CentralPABravest.com 6/28/11 Tonight at 2220 hours units from Montgomery County, MD Fire and Rescue Services were dispatched to the 14400 block of Columbia Pike for a personal injury collision. Crew’s from Engine, Rescue Squad and Medic 715 arrived and began PT care and removing of the driver’s side door. The firefighter holding...Read More
Hey, A Tallahassee (Florida) fire apparatus was responding to an emergency call this evening and had its sirens and lights activated. As they responded, the truck ran into a motorcycle that was traveling south on White Drive and the motorcyclist did not survive the crash. We’ll post more information on our home page. CONNECTICUT FIREFIGHTER DOUBLE...Read More